if i had been checking my system logs regularly, but sadly i am rather lazy whe
n
it comes to security and general system administration on my own workstation (o
h
no, someone might try to read one of my old history papers or delete my mp3's!
seriously, i do understand the potential for mischief, and in my copious free
time i plan to wipe my drive, reinstall linux, and setup tripwire or L6 or
similar before networking it.) anyway, i am now seeing weird stuff like this:
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Sat Jan 23 19:32:46 EST 1999
refused connection from host NRAD09.kard.akh-wien.ac.at (addr=149.148.126.9)
user root requested service from in.telnetd[624]
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should i be worried about random connection requests like this? i've also been
getting identd requests from finland and imap requests from the netherlands(!)
what gives?
thanks,
ccg